[Quote No.58099] Need Area: Mind > Persist "[There is great success value in being able to persist:] ...Studies at the University of Pennsylvania have found that students who don't have the highest IQs in their class but get high grades share an attitude called 'grit.' They keep plugging away despite any setbacks or failures.
And a 30-year longitudinal study of more than a thousand kids – the gold standard for uncovering relationships between behavioral variables – found that those children with the best cognitive control had the greatest financial success in their 30s. Cognitive control predicted success better than a child's IQ, and better than the wealth of the family they grew up in.
Cognitive control refers to the abilities to delay gratification in pursuit of your goals, maintaining impulse control, managing upsetting emotions well, holding focus, and possessing a readiness to learn. Grit requires good cognitive control. No wonder this results in financial and personal success.
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Both grit and cognitive control exemplify self-management, a key part of emotional intelligence. ... " - Daniel GolemanDaniel Goleman is an internationally known psychologist who lectures frequently to professional groups, business audiences, and on college campuses. As a science journalist Goleman reported on the brain and behavioral sciences for The New York Times for many years. His 1995 book, 'Emotional Intelligence' was on The New York Times bestseller list for a year-and-a-half, with more than 5,000,000 copies in print worldwide in 40 languages, and has been a best seller in many countries. [http://www.danielgoleman.info/daniel-goleman-what-predicts-success-its-not-your-iq/ ]Author's Info on Wikipedia - Author on ebay - Author on Amazon - More Quotes by this AuthorStart Searching Amazon for GiftsSend as Free eCard with optional Google Image

[Quote No.58126] Need Area: Mind > Persist "'Ostinato Rigore' [Italian for 'obstinate rigor', 'stubborn rigor', 'constant rigor' or 'tenacious application']" - Leonardo da Vinci(1452 - 1519), Italian polymath whose areas of interest included invention, painting, sculpting, architecture, science, music, mathematics, engineering, literature, anatomy, geology, astronomy, botany, writing, history, and cartography. He has been variously called the father of paleontology, ichnology, and architecture, and is widely considered one of the greatest painters of all time. Sometimes credited with the inventions of the parachute, helicopter and tank, his genius epitomized the Renaissance humanist ideal. This was his personal motto.Author's Info on Wikipedia - Author on ebay - Author on Amazon - More Quotes by this AuthorStart Searching Amazon for GiftsSend as Free eCard with optional Google Image

[Quote No.58128] Need Area: Mind > Persist "Every obstacle yields to stern resolve." - Leonardo da Vinci(1452 - 1519), Italian polymath whose areas of interest included invention, painting, sculpting, architecture, science, music, mathematics, engineering, literature, anatomy, geology, astronomy, botany, writing, history, and cartography. He has been variously called the father of paleontology, ichnology, and architecture, and is widely considered one of the greatest painters of all time. Sometimes credited with the inventions of the parachute, helicopter and tank, his genius epitomized the Renaissance humanist ideal. This was one of his personal beliefs.Author's Info on Wikipedia - Author on ebay - Author on Amazon - More Quotes by this AuthorStart Searching Amazon for GiftsSend as Free eCard with optional Google Image